Bioinformatics Scientist (Hybrid)

RTX•Columbia, MD

6d•$95,500 - $181,700•Hybrid

About The Position

At RTX, the world largest aerospace and defense company, 185,000 great minds are united by purpose and inspired to make a difference solving the world’s most complex problems. With our three market leading businesses, world-class operations and investments in research and development, we offer capabilities and opportunity no one else can. Together, we push the boundaries of known science and find new ways to connect and protect our world. Join us and help shape the future of aerospace and defense. RTX BBN Technologies, a subsidiary of RTX Corporation, is the research company behind many revolutionary advances that we take for granted today. BBN is where email was invented, GenBank was originally developed, and the first routers were implemented. Today, BBN's scientists and engineers are working to advance the state-of-the-art on topics ranging from artificial intelligence to quantum cryptography to synthetic biology. BBN offers the opportunity to perform exciting and revolutionary research that solves important problems in an exciting, collaborative environment. We're looking for a creative, collaborative, and highly motivated computational biologist to join our Applied Biosciences R&D team to work on exciting, advanced biology research projects for the U.S. Government.

Requirements

Typically requires a degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) and minimum 5 years prior relevant experience or an Advanced Degree in a related field and minimum 3 years of experience or in absence of a degree, 9 years of relevant experience.
Demonstrated programming experience (navigating Linux command line environment. analysis notebook and script development in Python, etc.).
Active and transferable secret U.S. government issued security clearance is required prior to start date.

Nice To Haves

Highly preferable to have a degree in Bioinformatics, Computational Biology, or a related field.
Bioinformatics software development and analysis experience with a knowledge of common bioinformatics tools and workflows (genomics required; additional ‘omics modalities desirable).
Experience working with common bioinformatics databases (NCBI, UniProt, PDB, etc.).
Experience with data science: data analysis, automation, visualization techniques.
Strong programming skills (Python and/or R preferred).
Basic familiarity with development infrastructure such as git/version control, virtual environments (e.g., conda, Python venv, R renv, virtual machines), etc.
Biostatistics experience, experience applying biostatistics tools in R.
Experience writing proposals and scientific publications.
Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, with the ability to generate data analysis reports and presentations.
Experience working outside of academia.

Responsibilities

Work with a team of about 12 people, and contribute to a multi-year interdisciplinary program that brings together teams in biology, engineering, and data science to develop and transition new biotechnology solutions in support of national security
Occasional overnight travel may be required